Sentence examples for about ago from inspiring English sources

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about six years ago

The phrase "about ago" is not correct and cannot be used in written English.
It is a combination of two time-related expressions that do not work together logically.
Example: "I visited that place about a year ago."
Alternatives: "approximately a year ago" or "around a year ago."

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The Hydrophiini last shared a common ancestor about ago with the majority of extant lineages diversified over the last.

Wikipedia

However, a very few research about AGO protein on fruit formation and development of tomato was reported.

BMC Plant Biology

In the present article, we summarize what is known about Ago evolution and function in eukaryotes, with a specific focus on emerging RNAi functions in nematodes.

Biochemical Society Transactions

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ABOUT a year ago Sandra Young moved into Oakwood Shores.

The Economist

By about 7,000 years ago it was essentially gone.

Encyclopedia Britannica

About threeyears ago, Venturi went to work for Lowery.

The New Yorker

About six years ago it was first described that cathelicidins are also present in birds.

Veterinary Microbiology

About a year ago we realized this.

TechCrunch

Molecular dating estimates the initial split between lineages at about 1.16 Ma ago, in the Early Pleistocene.

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Oxidation schemes for Tyr and Trp proposed about three decades ago are still used in the literature.

Chemical Reviews

Guilt about long-ago misdeeds?

HuffPost

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